HARVEY v. MARSHALL

No. 0532, Sept. Term, 2003.

857 A.2d 529 (2004)

158 Md. App. 355

Derek T. HARVEY v. Robin Laverne MARSHALL, et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Hatcher (Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. on the brief), Baltimore, for Appellant.

Joseph B. Spillman (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. on the brief), Baltimore, for Appellee.

Panel: DAVIS, ADKINS, CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR. (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


ADKINS, J.

In this case, we decline to hold that the familiar "best interest of the child" standard overrides traditional rules of statutory construction in interpreting three inter-related statutes governing child support. Derek T. Harvey, appellant, was obligated to pay child support for his four children, as a result of 1986 and 1989 consent paternity decrees that included support awards, and other child support enforcement efforts undertaken by the Baltimore City...

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